Okay, this little beauty came with.....can you guess?..YES! The pool! Of course. Let's see, I think I've seen this in green before, but I'm not certain. I've done something different here, and highlighted a few features of the diving board with writing right on the picture. Anyhow, you can probably just make out that ridge in the picture, it's curved, and intended to sort of hold the little person in place when they are getting ready to dive. There is no metal spring in this diving board. The "springing" effect is caused by that little curved piece of plastic noted in the picture. You just place you little person on the board, pull down the front end of the diving board, and stand back! It seems silly that you have to pull down the front end of the diving board, I think a better design would have been one in which you pulled down the back end, but go figure. Otherwise, you're liable to get smacked on the hand by your diving little person, if you don't pull your hand away fast enough. Probably not a pleasant experience for either of you.